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Support for the implementation of the Selo Verde traceability platform in Tocantins, Brazil.

28 March 2025

Photo: Marcel de Paula/Governo do Tocantins. AL-INVEST Verde, through its Component 2, supports the Government of Tocantins, Brazil, in the implementation of the Selo Verde traceability platform in this state. Through the Secretariat of Environment and Water Resources, in collaboration with the Territorial Intelligence Centre (CIT) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), AL-INVEST Verde is supporting the implementation of the Selo Verde traceability platform in the state of Tocantins.

Support to Chile to strengthen the process of adaptation of the beef and timber sectors to EUDR requirements.

4 March 2025

AL-INVEST Verde, through the Chilean Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (ODEPA), supports the Ministry of Agriculture (Minagri) to strengthen the process of adaptation of the bovine and timber sectors to the requirements of the European Union's EU Deforestation Free Regulation (EUDR). This is the first action of its kind to be developed in the country, which

Key actors in Ecuador's cocoa value chain receive training on traceability and EUDR

24 January 2025

Nearly one hundred representatives from the public sector, private sector, academia and the field of cooperation in Ecuador have concluded the course on "Training of trainers in traceability and good agricultural and commercial practices for the cocoa value chain", the objective of which has been to cooperate with the country to adapt to the requirements of the European Regulation on free products.

European EUDR monitoring and enforcement authorities visit Espírito Santo (Brazil) in the context of AL-INVEST Verde initiatives

12 December 2024

A delegation of competent and control authorities from Spain, Italy, Belgium and Ireland visited Espírito Santo, Brazil, from 6 to 9 December to learn about the traceability initiatives supported by AL-INVEST Verde and other sustainable agricultural production actions developed by the State. The visit, organised by AL-INVEST Verde and the government of Espírito Santo, through

AL-INVEST Verde presents the Selo Verde traceability platform in Europe - Minas Gerais, Brazil

6 November 2024

AL-INVEST Verde has presented the SeloVerde-MG (Minas Gerais) traceability platform to public and private sector actors in Italy and Spain. This platform, supported by AL-INVEST Verde, contributes to promoting socio-environmental sustainability in the coffee, livestock and soy value chains. From 21 to 24 October, Felipe Nunes, director of the Centre for Territorial Intelligence (CIT) and

AL-INVEST Verde drives the transition to sustainability at COP16 in Colombia

5 November 2024

The AL-INVEST Verde programme participated in the Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity -COP16-, which took place in Cali (Colombia) from 21 October to 1 November. The programme, which promotes sustainability and green transition in Latin America, organised three events on coffee, cocoa and cattle. In the sessions, organised together with the Delegation of the

Ecuador hosts the closing of the "Dialogues on sustainable cocoa" cycle

7 October 2024

Ecuador hosted the closing event of the cycle "Dialogues on sustainable cocoa", organised by AL-INVEST Verde, in collaboration with the German Cooperation-GIZ Ecuador and the Delegation of the European Union in Ecuador. On 1 October, the event "Integrated solutions for sustainable cocoa for the European market" was held in Quito, while on 2 and 3 October, the event on "Sustainable cocoa for the European market" was organised by AL-INVEST Verde in collaboration with the German-GIZ Ecuador Cooperation and the Delegation of the European Union in Ecuador.

Andean Community countries meet in Peru to analyse first results of AL-INVEST Verde-supported action

29 July 2024

From 24 to 26 July, representatives from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru met at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) in Lima (Peru) to learn about and analyse the first results of the action supported by AL-INVEST Verde for the export of agricultural products to the European Union, run by IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture and Rural Development).

First shipment of deforestation-free coffee from Brazil to Europe

26 July 2024

On 27 July, the first shipment of coffee from Minas Gerais, Brazil, which complies with the requirements of the EU's EU Deforestation and Forest Degradation Free Regulation (EUDR), was made. The shipment left the port of Santos and is scheduled to arrive on 21 August in Dublin, Ireland. Composed of 320 bags from ten coffee farmers from

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